Article 6 [Women with disabilities]

The CRPD is the only core human rights treaty that expressly protects women with disabilities. Article 6 fills the vacuum of the CEDAW which does not mention women with disabilities and, in line with the Standard Rules on the Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities of 1993, the Beijing Declaration of 1995 and the CRC, extends the protection to girls with disabilities. The provision recognizes that women and girls with disabilities are subject to "multiple discrimination" and requires States Parties to take measures for ensuring them the full and equal enjoyment of all human rights.